Quality Management 2017

1. Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Evaluate, adjust and maintain quality of a process

• Definition:

Part 1 :

Measurable and continuous improvement of quality

Introduction to SPC

Preventive method

 Results within the specifications

Part 2 :

 Stable over time

Essential concepts to start with SPC

• Applications:

− widely used in industry since 1950 in Japan and 1970 in the USA and in Europe (ex. food industry, automotive industry…)

Part 3 :

− Radiotherapy: essentially since 2005 with a growing interest in 2012.

SPC in practice

Linear accelerators quality controls. Ionization chambre stability

Pawlicki et al. (2005), Vega et al. (2012) , Lopez- Tarjuelo et al. (2015), Lopez-Tarjuelo et al. (2016)

Clinical trials, multicenter study.

Pawlicki et al. (2008), Nordström et al. (2012)

Part 4

IMRT / Cyberknife patient-specific quality verification.

Breen et al. (2008), Gérard et al. (2009), Pawlicki et al. (2009), Villani et al. (2010), Palaniswaamy et al. (2012) Sanghangthum et al .(2012), Gagneur et al. (2014), Bellec et al. (2017)

Conclusion

The systematic application of SPC in clinical radiation oncology.

Pawlicki et al. (2012)

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